Personal favourite is Assassin's Creed for Kinect ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328362#Comment_328362Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:10:19 -0500MagnulusThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328378#Comment_328378
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328378#Comment_328378Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:08:55 -0500Argosemail me Post your usernames and my partner will add you to our server's "allowed" list so that all us WCers can play together. So far it's just 4 or 5 of us on that server with only one guy who consistently logs in and creates new things like mad (I haven't logged on in months x___x).

Revelations isn't bad, but it ain't as good as Brotherhood. I should have taken a break, and then come back when I really missed the series. I do really like the mutiplayer, though.

Oh well. I can't decide if I'm going to play Portal 2 next or the zombie Red Dead Redemption.

And speaking of multiplayer, is there a Whitechapel gamertag directory? I only have a PS3, but if anyone looking to pad their contact list, feel free to add me as "DonburiBoy". Just put "whitechapel" in the text box so I know where you come from.

Has anyone had this happen to them? I shot them an email after checking their FAQ, but that was a couple days ago. (ETA: I just noticed that they're still working through February's emails, holy shit.)

The way in which US boxart is often made more angry. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328504#Comment_328504Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:03:22 -0500ArgosSpeaking of, I guess it's not biggie for me to post the server info online since peeps have to be put on the allowed list to be able to use it anyway, so any other minecrafters can just post their username instead of emailing me and I'll get you added. For those who haven't done multiplayer before, you click on add server, enter in the server info, and then use "join server" to log in. We have no clue what "direct connect" does so please don't use it, heh.

@Flabyo - I like how for that last link, the flipside is that boxart is made cuter for Japanese audiences. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328514#Comment_328514Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:42:49 -0500Jay KayMan, this cover art is particularly terrifying--

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328559#Comment_328559Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:21:37 -0500Argos
so our minecraft server has a forum now ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328563#Comment_328563
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328563#Comment_328563Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:48:04 -0500InvincibleMThat game looked amazing and the platforming was good fun, but it had some ideas that were best left to the older generation, mainly the computer controlled camera.

Well, I’m a gamer who loves playing games, and I’m a writer who loves writing about games, and there’s something I’m increasingly self-conscious about. It’s the sense of desperation with which we cling to the faintest glimmer of maturity in our game content. Just look at the Mass Effect series. I’ve still got an article perculating in me about how it was the first game to give me a genuine sense of a relationship, with my self-generated-ish arc between Shepard and Garrus. But good heavens, in an industry now as large as the film business, I have one stinking example of that? In 2012 it stood out to me? How is it that I’m not brewing a feature about how disappointing the ME romances were, in light of the complexity with which other narrative-led games approach the matter?

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/03/its-time-for-games-to-offer-us-solid-food/ ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328592#Comment_328592Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:03:27 -0500FlabyoIt's going to be only the indie game scene that explores that area for some years to come I think. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328600#Comment_328600
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328600#Comment_328600Wed, 04 Apr 2012 04:55:38 -0500VornaskottiSigh, yeah, believe me that you're not the only game dev I've heard that from :) Gaming has the same problem as Hollywood: the suit layer of the business dramatically underestimate the intelligence of the gaming audience when it comes to storylines that have subtlety or complexity. It's not exactly like it was away from someone or something to write the characters a bit better, for example... ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328608#Comment_328608
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328608#Comment_328608Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:35:46 -0500ArgosThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328620#Comment_328620
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328620#Comment_328620Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:50:18 -0500D.J.What if Christopher Nolan directed some sort of genre-subverting thriller?

I think that, right now, if we want big games with new ideas, we need some big names behind them. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328622#Comment_328622Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:00:52 -0500DavidLejeuneThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328626#Comment_328626
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328626#Comment_328626Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:37:21 -0500andyconThey should do that again. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328628#Comment_328628Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:53:22 -0500Morac@Argos: Sweet, thanks! I'll try and get on to poke around sometime soon. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328632#Comment_328632Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:13:39 -0500D.J.The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328670#Comment_328670
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328670#Comment_328670Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:28:40 -0500oldhat ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328677#Comment_328677Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:53:51 -0500Argos
forum is the best place to post about any server issues you are having cos then I don't have to play middle man for Edgar :P It does tend to go down every so often (maybe once or twice a month, not like every night), so that's where you can let him know if it does.

edit: also Edgar's brother who is pretty much the only one who plays like mad on the server and has built things like crazy made a post outlining what things you can take from his chests and farms & stuff should you need help with resources/food/etc. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328694#Comment_328694Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:35:35 -0500Vornaskotti
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328748#Comment_328748Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:05:21 -0500Jay Kay
Mass Effect 3: Extended Cut to come out this summer.

Part of me kinda hopes that this will be the video-game equivalent of people complaining about Neon Genesis Evangelion's show ending, only for the creator to decide to "clarify" by releasing End of Evangelion. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328750#Comment_328750Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:09:49 -0500TheToastman
Fallout tactics. Fallout 3. Fallout New Vegas.

Can't wait for the X-COM reboot. Would love to see a Descent reboot. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328765#Comment_328765
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328765#Comment_328765Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:17:05 -0500MoracThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328776#Comment_328776
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328776#Comment_328776Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:57:51 -0500Corey Waits
Fallout. If you haven't played it, I can't recommend it highly enough. The UI might take some getting used to, and it can be a bit brutal on a first play through, but it's possibly the best RPG I've ever played. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328786#Comment_328786
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328786#Comment_328786Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:18:54 -0500Vornaskotti ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328792#Comment_328792Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:29:12 -0500badbear@VornaskottiI really liked that rockpapershotgun article. It's a shame that stupid sells so well, I think games have to get substantially cheaper and easier to make before they really enjoy a jump in content. Until then I can only suppose that it's going to continue to be very difficult for backers to take a financial chance on something that isn't all shooty and explody. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328805#Comment_328805Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:12:27 -0500D.J.
1) watches a cutscene plays2) is given a bunch of text to read3) walks slowly down a corridor while someone mumbles dialogue4) stands and waits for something for more than a couple seconds ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328809#Comment_328809Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:03:39 -0500andyconThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328810#Comment_328810
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328810#Comment_328810Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:25:51 -0500MoracThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328812#Comment_328812
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328812#Comment_328812Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:42:37 -0500D.J.The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328813#Comment_328813
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328813#Comment_328813Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:10:55 -0500Alan TysonThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328814#Comment_328814
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328814#Comment_328814Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:25:54 -0500chiaslutI downloaded the original Portal for my generally-doesn't-play-video-games girlfriend to play and she loved it. So much so that we went out and bought Portal 2 to play together and we're have the BEST time with it. I want to keep this experience going, but have serious doubts that we'll find anything else that we'll wanna play together. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328815#Comment_328815
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328815#Comment_328815Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:27:20 -0500DavidLejeuneThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328823#Comment_328823
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328823#Comment_328823Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:33:47 -0500Morac - Exceptional story and characters - Fun combat with that manages to balance action and RPG - Interactivity that feels like it makes a difference - AAA production quality ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328833#Comment_328833
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328833#Comment_328833Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:10:20 -0500VornaskottiI'd add the following:

- Very solid scriptwriting.- Characters that are well rounded and believable, although genre-consciously tropey. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328848#Comment_328848Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:08:30 -0500VornaskottiMood Pieces: The Interactive Poetry of “Today I Die”

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328855#Comment_328855Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:39:51 -0500ArgosThere were also just questions about "wait, why is this happening in the ending? That doesn't make sense." So some people felt like the ending shouldn't have been possible.

The other issue was that throughout the trilogy, you can choose to do things in a "paragon" route or "renegade" route, which for some people made them feel like they were making choices that altered the course of the game. The thing about that is, that while your choices do change some nuances of the game, the overall end result is the same. For example:

it doesn't matter if you save or kill the council at the end of ME1. I killed them, Edgar saved them, and ME2 & ME3 didn't turn out any different for us other than I had different characters for the council and every once in a while they point out that I can't be trusted because i killed the council, but it's all just flavor text.

It also doesn't matter much if your crew all survived the end of ME2 or not. The same things get done in ME3, only with different characters to fill in their places. But it feels more sentimental if they all survived and you get to reunite with them. But like I said, all flavor text.

Anyway, the thing with the choices is that some people felt like they worked so hard to alter the way their trilogy would end, and then felt like at the very end, it didn't matter, and that pissed them off, too. My partner Edgar argues that hey, maybe that's the point, that sometimes you make the effort to make all these choices and in the end none of it matters, but people don't like that, they want it all to matter. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328872#Comment_328872Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:27:54 -0500D.J.Anyway, here's my friend's response to the news of the 'extended cut', that I think you guys might enjoy:@4:54 ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328877#Comment_328877Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:52:39 -0500FlabyoIt's fun, but not spectacular. And the ending is, well, if people are going to go off on one about Mass Effects they should be shown the one this has and see how lucky they are :) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328932#Comment_328932Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:29:30 -0500badbear
I agree with edgar though if thats the case i think the execution could have been more solid.

@DJ StawesPlot holes - yes. giant ones but only in the last two minutes of the game. This especially (spoilers). Those last couple of minutes werent very consistent with the rest of the game in tone or charcterisation. I've read something recently saying that all through ME1 snd ME2 the ending was going to be one thing and on the third game they threw away all the forshadowing they did and went with a different ending.

Most of the people i've seen complaining have been following the developers comments and so are upset with the lack of variety in the endings becuse they were promised very destinct differences in press releases prior to the games release.

Personally i think bioware's PR dept have handled the whole situation really badly, both before and after release. They should have hinted at the tone of the game, and owned the ending straight away instead of waiting and letting the fan reation gain traction. They also should have released the from ashes dlc for free because i think a lot of the conversations in there were incredibly illuminating when it came to the finale. I didn't think much of the ending but the extended cut is bullshit - who wants more cutscenes when they could have playble content?

sorry if this is a bit garbled, i have a cold and cant think very straight... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=328974#Comment_328974Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:02:11 -0500Vornaskotti
yours truly this year:

It's actually real and was playable on the show floor! Of course I might be the only person here who actually played the original NS, and am alone in my enthusiasm. I know that was true in the group I was in, but I nerded out about it and I think sufficiently hyped up my friends too. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329085#Comment_329085Mon, 09 Apr 2012 22:44:44 -0500MagnulusThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329151#Comment_329151
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329151#Comment_329151Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:26:58 -0500James Cunningham
Fez is ths Friday. Why Friday? Ask Microsoft, I'm totally in the dark.Trials Evolution is next Wednesday, and it's going to try to kill me.

I don't know why XBLA is doing such a good job of taking all my money this month, especially seeing as I haven't bought anything off it in a bit over forever, but I'm certainly not complaining. :) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329164#Comment_329164Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:34:26 -0500Alan Tyson

Mostly because it hit home the message, for me at least (or, maybe for this particular Shepard I was playing) that what we do when we die doesn't actually matter as much as what we did when we were alive. That's strong medicine, right there.

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329196#Comment_329196Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:02:39 -0500Jehrot
Legend of Grimrock? It's an old-school dungeon crawler type affair that looks mightily excellent. It also releases at 17:00 UTC, which by catastrophic timezone implications is exactly when I should be curling up in bed so I can be alive at work in the morning. Bah. What I need is a technician in the field of science time management. I wonder where I can find one? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329207#Comment_329207Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:08:55 -0500MagnulusThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329266#Comment_329266
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329266#Comment_329266Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:16:12 -0500Morac
an IndieDB page! It's the game I'm making for the Edge Magazine Create challenge. Hopefully, by this time next week it'll be over and done with, and soon after I'll be able to sell it for some cashy-monies. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329287#Comment_329287Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:02:32 -0500InvincibleMSuch fun! Easy as all hell, but MY GOD how I love Kirby.

Wish it was more like Kirby 64 though... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329302#Comment_329302Thu, 12 Apr 2012 02:43:27 -0500GordonThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329509#Comment_329509
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329509#Comment_329509Sat, 14 Apr 2012 02:20:05 -0500FlabyoIt's very genre aware as well, some of the Samurai era characters keep commenting that the various ladies really shouldn't be so immodestly dressed as they are in this game. And the crossovers with characters from 'modern' era games like Dead or Alive work much better than I thought they were going to.

GDC + douchebaggery ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329872#Comment_329872Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:44:09 -0500James CunninghamAnd seriously, if you want to bring up creators and douchebaggery, you're going to have to get rid of Ender's Game. I don't know about you but that's not something I'm willing to do. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329883#Comment_329883Wed, 18 Apr 2012 02:39:34 -0500D.J.I could also argue the whole Japan vs the West thing both ways, but that's another discussion. And while it's one that is certainly worthwhile, there's better ways to bring it about. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329887#Comment_329887Wed, 18 Apr 2012 04:51:26 -0500oscillateur
Anyway, making games is difficult and I respect the fact that a small team released something that gets good reviews all over the place. Still, behaving like a dick is not the best way to promote their work. Especially when the game has been in development for 5 years and has a number of class A bugs (crashes, etc.)... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329924#Comment_329924Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:35:22 -0500tedcrolandI think he's pretty harmless, and it's important to remember that more than he worked on the game. I wouldn't say that I respect the way he reacted, but I honestly don't think it matters much how socially inept he is, he helped make a beautiful and awesome game. I think that's worth more than cursing at strangers or harsh, sweeping criticisms. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329928#Comment_329928Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:46:23 -0500FlabyoThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329947#Comment_329947
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329947#Comment_329947Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:49:10 -0500Vornaskottizombiesrungame.com

You tie your shoes, put on your headphones, take your first steps outside. You’ve barely covered 100 yards when you hear them. They must be close. You can hear every guttural breath, every rattling groan - they’re everywhere. Zombies. There’s only one thing you can do: Run!

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329949#Comment_329949Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:43:04 -0500RenThingI was an early adopter of that game and I have to say that I really, really enjoy it. The radio drama snippets are well done and the personalities of the characters are engaging.

It interfaces with your iPhone music ap well-ish; it will get a play list running but you have no way of advancing past a track you'd rather skip from the ZombiesRun! ap itself, so you have to get the play list going and then also open the music ap.

I have yet to encounter a zombie mob while running but that might be because I run on a treadmill at the gym and that feature might be linked to actual distance travelled (which is tracked by GPS), which for me is nearly zero since I'm on a treadmill.

The only thing that I'm skeptical about is using the accelerometer to track pace. I don't think that works very well.

So, what I would say is get the ap for entertainment to spruce up your running but get a running ap to actually track your running if you care about such things. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329952#Comment_329952Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:16:41 -0500chiaslutThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329953#Comment_329953
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329953#Comment_329953Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:17:17 -0500VornaskottiI just learned about it today from Gweek podcast. And yeah, according to them it does use GPS to determine when you should accelerate and escape from zombies. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=329955#Comment_329955Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:47:17 -0500RenThingThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330002#Comment_330002
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330002#Comment_330002Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:05:44 -0500D.J.Some good coverage over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330024#Comment_330024
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330024#Comment_330024Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:32:39 -0500RenThingThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330026#Comment_330026
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330026#Comment_330026Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:41:50 -0500ArgosThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330032#Comment_330032
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330032#Comment_330032Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:40:45 -0500RenThingDanke! I recommend you guys check out Wasted Land (turn based Call of Cthulhu game set in WWII), Kingdom Rush (great little tower defense game), and Small World (which is nearly a perfect iPad translation of the board game). ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330033#Comment_330033Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:50:44 -0500ArgosThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330034#Comment_330034
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330034#Comment_330034Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:18:55 -0500chiaslut
The SCP Foundation via his tumblr, I've been obsessed with reading through all the artifacts there. Last night, I found out that someone has been making a video game based on it called SCP Containment Breach.I haven't had the chance to play yet, but I've downloaded it and am compelled to play at the first opportunity. I'm stupidly excited about it, which is likely to lead to bitter disappointment and possibly tears, but it looks halfway decent based on the posted videos. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330035#Comment_330035
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330035#Comment_330035Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:23:16 -0500rough nightThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330036#Comment_330036
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330036#Comment_330036Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:35:43 -0500RenThingI actually have it. It's based, loosely, on several board and card games. It's good but hard in that it's pretty stacked against the player (because humans winning against the elder beasties should be difficult). Takes some getting used to. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330038#Comment_330038Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:36:25 -0500RenThingOh, good, that'll be awesome. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330041#Comment_330041
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330041#Comment_330041Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:37:12 -0500VornaskottiThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330049#Comment_330049
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330049#Comment_330049Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:56:17 -0500Jehrot
And Baldurs Gate is coming soon. Yes.On a non-iOS tangent, (although, I think it's coming..) has anyone played Botanicula yet? It's quite beautiful. Had me grinning like a loon. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330050#Comment_330050
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330050#Comment_330050Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:59:16 -0500RenThing"And Baldurs Gate is coming soon. Yes."

Which investigators do you use? I have three I almost always take (the one who gets free yellow and red rune slots in Other Worlds, and two of the other women) and I have about a 60-75% win rate. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330108#Comment_330108
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330108#Comment_330108Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:48:56 -0500Ben KlumasterThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330109#Comment_330109
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330109#Comment_330109Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:29:33 -0500VornaskottiI just did the first mission - the radio drama is a bit hammy but then again, sort of fits the genre so no problem there.

With ES, I don't strategize that much at least yet, I just hit random until I find a selection that looks nice :) Haven't come close to defeating Azathoth so far, let alone Cthulhu. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330113#Comment_330113
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330113#Comment_330113Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:02:34 -0500Vornaskotti
Mood Pieces feature in the blog, all of the games are indie stuff, and not intentionally. The games I'm actually now expecting are Telltale's Walking Dead that starts in three days, and the new Xcom game. Bioshock: Infinite... yeah, I'll check it out. Then again, I almost quit the first Bioshock midway because the gameplay started feeling like such a narrow, repeating pipeline.

I'm wondering how much this is just getting tired of FPS / over the shoulder third person. It's hard to think of a story-based AAA-level console game that's something other than that. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330116#Comment_330116Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:06:31 -0500FlabyoThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330132#Comment_330132
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330132#Comment_330132Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:34:47 -0500RenThing
Skyrim mod that brings about DIVINE JUSTICE whenever a guard mentions anything about arrows and/or knees. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330139#Comment_330139
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330139#Comment_330139Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:24:01 -0500Alan TysonFrom DustInsanely Twisted Shadow PlanetAlan Wake Special Episodes "The Signal" and "The Writer"Alan Wake's American NightmareI Am Alive

It took an effort of monumental willpower to not snag Limbo while I was at it, though I imagine that day will come, as well.

I need professional help. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330140#Comment_330140
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330140#Comment_330140Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:54:15 -0500VornaskottiHah, that's a pretty damn good line-up - if you add Limbo to that ;)

Flabyo:

An important caveat: I'm stating a personal preference, not some false nostalgia "games are getting worse waaaah" shiate. Every year we can say it again: the gamers have never had things this good, and every year it's again true. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330142#Comment_330142Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:56:04 -0500Alan TysonWeird. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330150#Comment_330150
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330150#Comment_330150Sun, 22 Apr 2012 04:13:25 -0500D.J.The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330179#Comment_330179
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330179#Comment_330179Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:23:02 -0500James CunninghamI've been almost exclusively download/indie for the last year. It's not like I want to walk away from traditional $60 retail gaming, but it's not offering me what I want. I want new, creative, and clever, and I'm just not seeing that at retail very much. The next game I'm buying retail is Lollipop Chainsaw, and that's in June. I also quite want Akai Katana (May 16) but at the moment it looks like Amazon is the only place to find it. So from March to June, that's a total of 2 retail games I'd buy, and I'm only leaving February out because I don't remember if I got anything or not.

Which isn't to say I'm not swamped with stuff to play. In just the last two weeks I've bought 4 day-1 games- Botanicula, Trials Evolution, Fez, Pinball Arcade. I've also thrown money at Kickstarter projects Valdis Story, The Dead Linger, FTL, Wasteland 2, Doublefine Adventure, and The Banner Saga.

I quite like going to the store, chatting with the sales people about what's new, bringing home a physical copy of the game, taking off the shrink wrap, and popping it in the system for the first time. I just haven't been given much reason to do that lately. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330233#Comment_330233Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:11:12 -0500sneak046The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330234#Comment_330234
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330234#Comment_330234Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:13:31 -0500sneak046
30th anniversay of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum . ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330253#Comment_330253
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330253#Comment_330253Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:58:48 -0500FlabyoThis is partly what I'm hoping for with things like the Raspberry Pi. Something cheap and cheerful for kids to mess about with without the 'risk' of having them dicking around with their parents PC or iPad. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330314#Comment_330314Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:34:47 -0500Vornaskotti“Another Day, Another Death Threat” – Life as a Game Developer

The problem is that the audience for gaming has gotten very narrow-minded, narcissistic and empathy-challenged in recent years. And it isn’t just us! The whole society is becoming increasingly defective in this same way–Geek Culture is simply in the vanguard and ahead of the curve, as we are in all other things."

The Kotaku article

http://kotaku.com/5904367/another-day-another-death-threat-from-gamers-to-the-people-who-make-video-games ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330316#Comment_330316
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330316#Comment_330316Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:43:20 -0500FlabyoIt's part of the reason I'm getting quite disillusioned with what I do. I know that for every entitled moron spewing hate there are probably a hundred fans who like what we do but never say anything, but the vocal minority are now so much MORE vocal than they were ten years ago. And I find it really depresses me, to the point where I often wonder why I do this anymore given how little it seems to be appreciated.

I'm not after validation, it would just be nice to read something that isn't 'I hope you all choke on your own boners' from time to time. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330318#Comment_330318
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330318#Comment_330318Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:02:35 -0500VornaskottiFrankly, that's one of the reasons why I got out of game and tech journalism for now, really (not the main reason by far, but definitely a factor). I haven't had death threats myself, but it's been made abundantly clear that I don't know shit about games, gaming, any kind of technological gadget, any piece of software, plus I'm taking money from AMD, Intel, Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo and probably the Illuminati. As you said, it's not about validation, it's just that there's a certain amount of times per week you'll want to be called a gay jew by some entitled clueless little shit, who decided to take a pause from his hentai wanking marathon. And boy, from all the subcultures I've been to or met, gamers are the worst in that entitled shitty whining by far.

Working with the Iron Sky community was really therapy for me - my belief in and respect of fan communities really got restored during that couple of years. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330324#Comment_330324Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:16:13 -0500D.J.I feel really bad for the people at Bioware right now. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330325#Comment_330325Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:23:06 -0500FlabyoThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330327#Comment_330327
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330327#Comment_330327Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:53:08 -0500D.J.The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330328#Comment_330328
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330328#Comment_330328Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:10:50 -0500VornaskottiYeah, "wear on" is a pretty good term. It's like being pecked to death by ducks. :P I got into game and tech journalism at 2000, when the direct feedback via net just started happening with a force in the media. And yeah, it got pretty damn bad especially for a beginner who didn't yet realize the importance of professional detachment. Then again, if some little shit starts doxing you or targeting stuff specifically at you, or your family, that's a whole different matter... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330332#Comment_330332Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:26:45 -0500Vornaskotti ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330340#Comment_330340Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:29:07 -0500VornaskottiThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330342#Comment_330342
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330342#Comment_330342Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:38:37 -0500D.J.The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330396#Comment_330396
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330396#Comment_330396Wed, 25 Apr 2012 04:01:14 -0500Flabyo
this post on Kickstarter and what it might *really* mean for the games industry rings so very true to me... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330426#Comment_330426Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:32:33 -0500Vornaskotti
Telltale Games' The Walking Dead.

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330485#Comment_330485Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:27:31 -0500J.BrennanThe upcoming games (not put out by blizzard) I'm getting most excited about lately all seem to be Kickstarter projects. First Wasteland 2, and now I find this: Shadowrun Returns!(edit: couldn't get the vid from the kickstarter page to link properly so, youtube version)

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330492#Comment_330492Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:43:05 -0500chiaslutThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330494#Comment_330494
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330494#Comment_330494Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:50:59 -0500J.BrennanThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330495#Comment_330495
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330495#Comment_330495Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:58:30 -0500Flabyo
actually need... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330496#Comment_330496Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:10:13 -0500Alan TysonThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330497#Comment_330497
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330497#Comment_330497Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:19:33 -0500FlabyoGo Right ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330509#Comment_330509Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:29:13 -0500MagnulusThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330523#Comment_330523
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330523#Comment_330523Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:43:44 -0500twentythoughtsThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330531#Comment_330531
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330531#Comment_330531Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:12:23 -0500Iron Imp@FlabyoI expect you're right / hope you're wrong about the kick starter thing, if you follow. I like what it represents, but I completely agree with your logistical and cultural skepticism regarding it... While I'm not any real authority on the subject, my gut tells me it will be a bit like the .com boom - a rising trend of investment that will inflate an imaginary bubble until it collapses. Hopefully the collective experience will establish a wider base of avenues in the future, once some of the failures illustrate what not to do and how to make successful implementations reach as far as possible. *knock on wood* ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330548#Comment_330548Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:16:11 -0500DavidLejeune
are, or that the backers expect they are. And note that he doesn't actually bother linking to any of the stories about what happened with Star Command's kickstarter funds, where you can pretty plainly see some huge mistakes that they made (why did they miscalculate how much the Kickstarter rewards would cost them, and why in the holy hell did they think they needed to spend $4000 for iPads and PAX East booth space?).

The vast majority of the kickstarter video game projects are going for fairly lo-fi 2D games, with quick turnaround, for release on PC and mobile devices, not big A- or AAA-level projects. Takedown and Grim Dawn are probably the two most ambitious kickstarter projects from a production standpoint that I'm aware of (Bionite: Origins looks pretty big, too, but that started out on moddb nearly a year ago). Takedown is almost certainly going to be Unity powered, which will take a pretty significant chunk off the development cost, and Grim Dawn's actually been in development for a couple of years and they did the Kickstarter to give them enough money to finish it. Most other kickstarters have had some sort of playable proof of concept demo (FTL, f'r'instance) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330552#Comment_330552Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:05:26 -0500MagnulusThe problem with Kickstarter isn't the model for funding. The problem is that some people (developers and funders alike) are unrealistic about what they're getting into. You get less game for each dollar invested than with a studio (Because they're not asking you to give them fifty thousand t-shirts and a poster) but you get a lot more freedom to produce the game you want to, not to MENTION the fact that a lot of these projects wouldn't have been funded otherwise. They might still have been made, but they would not be able to devote the same amount of attention to the project. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330555#Comment_330555Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:12:04 -0500FlabyoI think these guys are going to find issues dealing with a community that is ALSO putting money in. Hell, we get enough abuse from our fans as it is (see earlier posts) and that's when they haven't actually put any money down up front. The backers are going to want a say in development. If you give it to them you'll have the worst case of design by comittee you'll ever see, and in gaming that never works. Anything I've worked on where there hasn't been a strong design vision from one or two guys has turned out pish.

I want it to work. I don't think it's going to. But I agree it's an interesting experiment and the first step along the road to who knows where? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330577#Comment_330577Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:49:28 -0500RenThingThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330615#Comment_330615
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330615#Comment_330615Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:57:59 -0500DavidLejeune
remotely desire it to look anything like Fallout 3, any more than anyone backing the Shadowrun kickstarter expects or wants a sequel to the FPS. At most they'll expect Fallout Tactics level graphics.

All of the huge kickstarter projects are big wet sloppy nostalgia blowjobs. The most contemporary thing, graphically, anyone will want out of them is a QSXVGA framebuffer, and maybe some anti-aliasing. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330616#Comment_330616Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:03:01 -0500James CunninghamIt's a risk, donating to Kickstarter. If the fans don't understand this, they may want to learn to research first. It's every bit as important not to be dumb with one's money online as it is at the grocery store. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330673#Comment_330673Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:28:22 -0500RenThingGo Right ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330807#Comment_330807
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330807#Comment_330807Tue, 01 May 2012 02:18:26 -0500MagnulusOkay, so I've been playing Startopia again. I keep coming back to it, because it's just so much fun. They had a Blizzard sensibility to their design as well, which means that the game is still gorgeous in its old-school way. I'm still finding new details in the animations of the various contraptions after a good five-six play-throughs.

I always find that I wish it was less buggy and such, however. I would have loved to see a proper update or even a sequel. Mucky Foot, alas, are dead and buried. However, I do wonder if the original team still have the rights to it or if Eidos own the publishing rights. See, if the founders of Mucky Foot still own it, I would love to see them try a Kickstarter campaign for a sequel with a new Campaign, more races, etc. I would totally pay extra for that.

Any other Startopia lovers? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330809#Comment_330809Tue, 01 May 2012 02:42:24 -0500Ben Klumaster
Still, I loved multiplayer until my friend worked out that invasions come down to who can hire the most people in the shortest time, and I'd love to see a remake/resurrection too. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330811#Comment_330811
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330811#Comment_330811Tue, 01 May 2012 03:12:23 -0500MagnulusOne question you might be able to answer: Do biopots and lamps actually make a difference in any way? I used not to have any decoration in my "Buildings" but now I put biopots and ultralamps and all kinds of stuff in just for the sake of it because it looks nice. It might be cool if decorative things of different types attract different customers. If that is the case, though, it would also have to be easier to find out in the game what kind of biomes the different types of visitors like to be in so you could tailor one rough bar to fit Kasvagorians and one to fit Grekka Targ, for instance.

I also agree with you on that conflict thing. I love the nipples off of Starbase Orion for example, but the lack of any kind of diplomacy is really ho-hum. Then again, I've still to see an interesting game mechanic for a cultural or a media victory. Usually it's like "build enough TV-stations and libraries so you'll start to go over the magic value when the opponent's enclaves start defecting", which is a bit meh. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330815#Comment_330815
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330815#Comment_330815Tue, 01 May 2012 04:06:27 -0500FlabyoMost devs I know don't really have much desire to do remakes of things they worked on anyway, they like doing new things instead. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330816#Comment_330816
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330816#Comment_330816Tue, 01 May 2012 05:13:19 -0500Ben Klumaster
Flabyo: I can imagine people stewing, though, on ideas that didn't think of in time or couldn't afford to put in, over a period of ten years or so. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330821#Comment_330821
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330821#Comment_330821Tue, 01 May 2012 07:35:18 -0500Magnulus
Example: Wasteland 2. (Tim Schafer's expressed interest in making-) Psychonauts 2. Uhm... That's it from the top of my head. Though I suppose also: Civ 2,3,4,(Revo),5. Pirates! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330830#Comment_330830Tue, 01 May 2012 09:48:19 -0500Flabyo
Pretty damned blatant bit of Kickstarter scamming here.

Loved the whole 'we have friends at Disney who will let us use their gear' stuff... ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330835#Comment_330835
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=330835#Comment_330835Tue, 01 May 2012 11:38:31 -0500Argos
horrible. I'm surprised they were even able to raise what they did before the cancelled it (unless those were fake donations form themselves or something to make it look like people were donating). ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331040#Comment_331040
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331040#Comment_331040Fri, 04 May 2012 06:11:19 -0500Flabyo
On the rise and fall of Free Radical Design.

Very interesting piece on the rise and subsequent collapse of a modern videogame developer. Nothing in the piece surprises me, I've experienced much of what they talk about myself, but I wonder how new some of this is to the wider audience? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331051#Comment_331051Fri, 04 May 2012 09:31:49 -0500phill_seaI'm Phill1112

I'm publishing a debugged and slightly extended version of the game later today. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331268#Comment_331268
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331268#Comment_331268Mon, 07 May 2012 04:29:37 -0500Ben Klumaster
Go Mr Vornaskotti! Go! ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331291#Comment_331291
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331291#Comment_331291Mon, 07 May 2012 10:49:24 -0500Alan Tyson
ASS, Vorn! ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331296#Comment_331296
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331296#Comment_331296Mon, 07 May 2012 11:48:59 -0500Vornaskottihttp://blog.vornaskotti.com/my-games/the-rocket-man-from-the-sea/http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=6lkbwncfsvp77c8y

I could swear I posted this earlier in the day... I wonder what thread it ended up in? ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331299#Comment_331299
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331299#Comment_331299Mon, 07 May 2012 12:05:39 -0500D.J. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331386#Comment_331386
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331386#Comment_331386Tue, 08 May 2012 15:15:07 -0500James Cunningham
Carmageddon Reincarnation (by the original team) and Two Guys From Andromeda SpaceVenture (notSpaceQuest, by the original team) launched. Both seem to be pretty easy to donate money/preorder, depending on how you like to think of it.

In less sure-fire Kickstarter news, I also tossed a few bucks towards Drifter. It looks pretty sharp, and I especially wish I could justify getting the fantastic poster.

I'm finally writing up my general, all-puprose Kickstarter article as well. I've been meaning to avoid doing that, but every time I see another Kickstarter article in the press I want to argue with it. One rant and I can have added my voice to the endless babble on the subject. But at least it will have been said. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331578#Comment_331578
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331578#Comment_331578Fri, 11 May 2012 13:00:06 -0500Jehrot
Day z? If you've never heard of it, it's a zombie survival mod, which looks like a fucking blast. Especially if you're part of a team. There's a great write up here, which sold it to me hook line and fetid, undead, sinker.It's free, and I picked up Arma 2 operation arrowhead (standalone expansion) for nine english pounds here. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331765#Comment_331765
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331765#Comment_331765Mon, 14 May 2012 21:01:43 -0500phill_seaThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331767#Comment_331767
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331767#Comment_331767Mon, 14 May 2012 21:19:24 -0500MoracPerhaps we should exchange some usernames or something? I have no idea what I am looking for in the Battle.net settings - so many different account names and arcane options. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331769#Comment_331769
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331769#Comment_331769Mon, 14 May 2012 21:39:45 -0500phill_seaI'mSef#1628(was Phill#1112, but felt silly running around w. my real name in a fantasy game, so changed it to my WoW nickname)

J.Brennan is Takshash#1532

And I suggested the hash tag #D3 for anyone else who wants to join in. :) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331770#Comment_331770Mon, 14 May 2012 21:58:44 -0500agentarsenicInstalling the D3DVD like a fucking caveman.

agentarsenic#1737

Going to roll a Witch Doctor. I love the Necromancer in D2, and from what I played in the beta the Witch Doctor is an more awesomer Necromancer. Spider jars my friends, spider jars, and flaming goddamn bats(mans).

EDIT: While waiting I'm installing Vornaskotti's game. Watch me ignore Diablo 3 and just play his all night, lol. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331771#Comment_331771
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331771#Comment_331771Mon, 14 May 2012 22:06:47 -0500phill_seaThe wife and I are shuffling all blues to her for crafting purposes. . . no need to have two blacksmiths half as far, ya know? ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331772#Comment_331772
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331772#Comment_331772Mon, 14 May 2012 22:07:00 -0500MoracFound it, thanks!

Morac#1130 ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331774#Comment_331774
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331774#Comment_331774Mon, 14 May 2012 22:11:45 -0500phill_sea@Morac: Excellent! Soon as I can I'll add y'all. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331775#Comment_331775
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331775#Comment_331775Mon, 14 May 2012 22:14:10 -0500agentarsenicThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331776#Comment_331776
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331776#Comment_331776Mon, 14 May 2012 22:17:18 -0500phill_seaThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331778#Comment_331778
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331778#Comment_331778Mon, 14 May 2012 22:28:06 -0500phill_seaHappy hunting in the mean time! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331785#Comment_331785Tue, 15 May 2012 00:35:06 -0500MoracWell, I had hoped that at the very least I could play some single player by midnight, but no such luck (I'd rant about DRM right now, but I'm honestly too tired). I'm going to bed; I should be on D3 some time tomorrow afternoon. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331787#Comment_331787
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331787#Comment_331787Tue, 15 May 2012 00:47:38 -0500FlabyoDecided I'll just stick with Max Payne 3 myself this week. Wasn't going to bother with that either, but the reviews combined with the frankly excellent trailer they had at the cinema when I went to see Avengers changed my mind. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331791#Comment_331791
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331791#Comment_331791Tue, 15 May 2012 02:10:25 -0500D.J.The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331792#Comment_331792
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331792#Comment_331792Tue, 15 May 2012 02:24:08 -0500FlabyoThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331803#Comment_331803
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331803#Comment_331803Tue, 15 May 2012 07:49:02 -0500ArgosThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331812#Comment_331812
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331812#Comment_331812Tue, 15 May 2012 09:58:22 -0500agentarsenicI tried logging in every now and then from 3amEST to 4amEST (with pauses for Vornaskottis game) but it seems I was playing Diablo 37, not Diablo 3.I mean big worldwide launch, it's to be expected, but still - I went to bed unsatisfied like a lonely housewife. It's working as of now (~1PM EST) so all is good. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331818#Comment_331818
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331818#Comment_331818Tue, 15 May 2012 11:41:07 -0500James CunninghamCurrently downloading Mini-Ninjas, because it looks cute for $4 on Steam today. I played Torchlight a year or two ago, that gets me covered quite nicely on that style of game for the next couple years. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331824#Comment_331824
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331824#Comment_331824Tue, 15 May 2012 12:42:18 -0500twentythoughtsThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331825#Comment_331825
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331825#Comment_331825Tue, 15 May 2012 12:43:24 -0500D.J.I know the reasons, but none of them make it any more okay. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331826#Comment_331826
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331826#Comment_331826Tue, 15 May 2012 12:47:02 -0500Argos
too far yet but based on what I've played I'm not surprised to hear that I'll be needing to take notes. Thanks :) ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331834#Comment_331834
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331834#Comment_331834Tue, 15 May 2012 13:52:06 -0500James CunninghamThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331851#Comment_331851
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331851#Comment_331851Tue, 15 May 2012 16:10:04 -0500radicaldoubtRuh-roh. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331854#Comment_331854Tue, 15 May 2012 16:45:12 -0500Morac
flipped. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331858#Comment_331858Tue, 15 May 2012 19:05:06 -0500RenThingThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331862#Comment_331862
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331862#Comment_331862Tue, 15 May 2012 20:44:56 -0500agentarsenicThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331863#Comment_331863
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331863#Comment_331863Tue, 15 May 2012 20:52:31 -0500Morac(For the record, I thought the Mass Effect 3 ending was great). ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331864#Comment_331864Tue, 15 May 2012 21:09:27 -0500D.J.The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331867#Comment_331867
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331867#Comment_331867Tue, 15 May 2012 21:48:39 -0500MoracThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331869#Comment_331869
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331869#Comment_331869Tue, 15 May 2012 22:01:03 -0500agentarsenic
I changed my region to Asia and could connect and play. Created a Demon Hunter and opened my game to the public. Some people joined and we sped through most of the first Act....which I kinda didn't want to do, because I'm a stand around and look/click at everything player who likes to absorb the stupid little journals. I also liked my Witch Doctor a lot more. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331870#Comment_331870Tue, 15 May 2012 22:12:41 -0500D.J.
emails me their email, I'll add them once the servers come back up.

The account I'm using was a friend's once, so I don't want to spread his email about all willy-nilly. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331872#Comment_331872Tue, 15 May 2012 22:18:00 -0500agentarsenicThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331889#Comment_331889
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331889#Comment_331889Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:01 -0500AlastairThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331902#Comment_331902
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331902#Comment_331902Wed, 16 May 2012 06:50:28 -0500FauxhammerThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331904#Comment_331904
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331904#Comment_331904Wed, 16 May 2012 07:14:33 -0500phill_sea@fauxhammer So lo siento!

@Morac and AgentAr :: I'll be on tonight around 8pm EST at the latest (have some work to do first)

@DJStawes I'm eight.blocks@gmail.com, feel free to add me.

@Alastair if you've not finished FF VII a first time yet, I recommend that. Heartily.

Oh error 37, how I adore thee. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331943#Comment_331943
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=331943#Comment_331943Wed, 16 May 2012 23:48:10 -0500MagnulusThe last few weeks, I played a LOT of Tropico 4. Such a fun game! I love how you CAN focus on different things. You don't HAVE to have tourism, industry AND farming. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332020#Comment_332020
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332020#Comment_332020Thu, 17 May 2012 19:26:50 -0500agentarsenicHonestly, I don't see anyone using that option. Why pay real money when you can pay in-game pretend money or just play enough to get the damn thing yourself?F'real, paying for digital items has always seemed lame to me. Sure I'll pay for digital content, like a game on steam or on iOS, but like hell am I going to make in app purchases for more gold or whatever.

pay to win is the cancer that is killing videogames - this can be seen most in the new SSX, where most gear is so outrageously priced but they give you the nice little "BUY MAOR CREDITZZZ" button. Pissed me off so much I took the game back the next day, no joke. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332029#Comment_332029Thu, 17 May 2012 22:11:54 -0500D.J.The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332030#Comment_332030
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332030#Comment_332030Thu, 17 May 2012 22:30:23 -0500agentarsenic
Me too. In game currency works so well why bother with real money. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332036#Comment_332036Thu, 17 May 2012 23:39:39 -0500James CunninghamI'm also playing, on my girlfriend's iPad, way too much Jetpack Joyride. Every goodie I've bought in-game has been from earned credits. If a game is worth playing, I'll be on it more than long enough to earn every in-game item I care about (assuming proper in-game economy, of course). If a game isn't worth the time, then spending more money isn't going to help the situation. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332038#Comment_332038Fri, 18 May 2012 00:38:26 -0500D.J.
While I certainly enjoy the progression that the game has to offer without the auction house, if a game offers me a way to break it, I always have to do it. I just feel downtrodden if I don't exploit the mechanics to their maximum potential, in anything I play. Of course, the game isn't really going to get difficult until at least hell regardless of what I do, and even then death has no consequence, so it's all a bit whatever. We'll see how playing hardcore goes once I'm properly familiar with the game. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332042#Comment_332042Fri, 18 May 2012 01:24:50 -0500James CunninghamThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332046#Comment_332046
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332046#Comment_332046Fri, 18 May 2012 02:23:06 -0500D.J.The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332107#Comment_332107
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332107#Comment_332107Fri, 18 May 2012 14:35:33 -0500RenThing
38 Studios in hot water after missing payment to RI. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332121#Comment_332121Fri, 18 May 2012 19:16:20 -0500James Cunningham
There's quite a difference between things like God mode and infinite ammo and simply playing the game within the system it gives you.The problem with SR3 is that infinite ammo with zero reload time was the system it gave you, and effectively god mode. Plus I'm the kind of gamer who explores every square inch and gets into trouble for the fun of it, so I had those abilities 2/3 (3/4?) of the way through. No cheat codes involved, it was just the system by which you upgraded your character. Basically, it was a bad choice and I wish I hadn't made it. That it came in the latter half of the game rather than the beginning is the only difference between SR3's upgrade system and Diablo III's auction house. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332122#Comment_332122Fri, 18 May 2012 20:59:25 -0500cjkogerThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332136#Comment_332136
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332136#Comment_332136Sat, 19 May 2012 01:31:37 -0500FlabyoBut what a fine lick of paint that is. The game is so... grungy. Now I don't know anything really about Sao Paolo, but this game really wants to make a statement about the difference between the haves and the have-nots. Just onto the start of the second disc where Max goes wandering into the favelas, and they nail the 'noone wants to see you down here American' thing so well. Max is a nutcase with serious firearms skills, but you can tell just how damned uncomfortable he feels walking around the place.

The cutscenes and cinemas don't use the 'comic book panel' thing from the first two games, instead they're done with lots of shaky cam, blurring, and typography; certain words spoken in the dialogue appear on screen, it's more interesting than I make it sound. This is the opening scene of the game, should give you a better idea of what I'm trying and failing to explain.

There are some simple continuity nods, and the silly tv shows are still there (there's a glorious parody of the kind of OTT soaps that come out of South America). I also suspect that if you can speak Brazillian Portugese then there'll be all sorts of additional fun as most characters don't speak English and it's not subbed (because Max doesn't speak the language either).

Liking it a lot to be honest. Good example of taking an old game and giving it a modern treatment without feeling the need to completely change how any of it worked. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332170#Comment_332170Sat, 19 May 2012 12:49:26 -0500twentythoughtsAs with the other Layton games so far, most of the puzzles are pretty darn good, and there's a bunch where there are perfectly valid interpretations of the puzzle that the game just doesn't accept. "Oh, you didn't come up with OUR solution? Nope, sorry, you get less points now." ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332251#Comment_332251Mon, 21 May 2012 03:54:22 -0500Vornaskotti
Mood Pieces: Dear Esther - High Literature Meets 3D Gaming ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332256#Comment_332256Mon, 21 May 2012 07:39:57 -0500Alan TysonThat said, I think games are going to be stuck with 'games' the same way sequential art is stuck with 'comics,' at least in the English-speaking world. Not inherently a bad thing, but it makes you wonder: what else would we call video games, if we didn't call them video games? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332258#Comment_332258Mon, 21 May 2012 08:20:28 -0500D.J.
-Playies-Procrastinatrons ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332262#Comment_332262Mon, 21 May 2012 09:00:22 -0500FlabyoThese days most academics know it's far more complicated than that, so I don't think we're really very far into choosing the language to talk about videogaming at that level yet, let alone into some actual study.

For better or worse the term 'videogame' seems to have stuck for the time being, and as names tend to long overstay their welcome I can't see that changing. As I grew up here in the UK they were 'electronic games', then 'computer games' before we adopted the US form 'videogames'. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332282#Comment_332282Mon, 21 May 2012 14:38:25 -0500J.BrennanThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332346#Comment_332346
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332346#Comment_332346Tue, 22 May 2012 11:58:57 -0500James CunninghamThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332466#Comment_332466
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332466#Comment_332466Thu, 24 May 2012 08:46:44 -0500oldhat ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332473#Comment_332473
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332473#Comment_332473Thu, 24 May 2012 10:52:18 -0500TheEndsOfInvention(or possible alt. title, "Tom Clancy's Ghost in the Recon-Shell-Alpha-Solid-State-Strike-Society-Second-Gig"... because this is basically GitS with large invisble testicles rather than large invisible boobies)

has this been posted before? Oh well SPIDER TANKZZZ! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332477#Comment_332477Thu, 24 May 2012 11:12:48 -0500agentarsenic ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332494#Comment_332494Thu, 24 May 2012 14:45:15 -0500RenThing
38 Studios just laid off its entire staff. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332528#Comment_332528
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332528#Comment_332528Fri, 25 May 2012 00:47:06 -0500FlabyoBut it's also a really weird situation that they ended up in too. People are saying 'why did they borrow that much cash in the first place? Why did they staff up to 300 almost immediately?'. Apparently it's all linked. They didn't get the money unless they staffed up, Rhode Island were wanting to create jobs, and the only way to justify such a large team as a startup is to kick off multiple projects at the same time.

Problem with that is that it only takes one not selling to projections and poof, no money left to pay things off with.

The games industry at this AAA end is an extremely fragile place to be right now. One failure (where failure is 'didn't make much profit', not even 'made a loss') and you're gone. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332551#Comment_332551Fri, 25 May 2012 08:49:27 -0500RenThingYeah, I know. I heard an interview with the founder and you could tell he has a lot of love and appreciation for video games (he credited them for one of the reasons he still has a successful marriage after being on the road playing ball, because while other guys were going to bars and possibly cheating, he was in his hotel room gaming it up).

Heh, my wife worked for Cryptic and Gazillion and I have a lot of friends in the Bay Area game industry and I know how it can be. Course, I'm also a good friend of Bill Roper and if the over-all success of his career (VP of all video games for Disney) can be reached after what happened with Hellgate: London, then I'm sure something from 38 Studios could rise from the ashes in some other form. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332556#Comment_332556Fri, 25 May 2012 09:08:22 -0500Doctor Pockets
Diamond Trust of London got funded on Kickstarter, which means for $35 you can finally get Jason Rohrer's long-delayed board-game-on-the-DS based on the blood diamond trade in Africa.

29 hours left (as of this writing) to get it via Kickstarter. Looks like he'll have to produce enough to have leftovers because of Nintendo's production quotas, though. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332558#Comment_332558Fri, 25 May 2012 10:13:49 -0500FauxhammerThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332601#Comment_332601
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332601#Comment_332601Sat, 26 May 2012 09:20:32 -0500FlabyoAlso played some Dead or Alive 5, and that seems to have gone with the mechanics from the recent DS game rather than DoA4, which should go down well with those who thought they'd made the previous one too 'countering' heavy. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332617#Comment_332617Sat, 26 May 2012 19:10:46 -0500brittanicaThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332672#Comment_332672
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332672#Comment_332672Sun, 27 May 2012 18:10:57 -0500James Cunningham
Proteus, which is very similar in several ways, and loved the hell out of it. I'm so confused... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332682#Comment_332682Sun, 27 May 2012 23:32:49 -0500MagnulusThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332683#Comment_332683
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332683#Comment_332683Sun, 27 May 2012 23:45:25 -0500agentarsenicOne of the most interesting mechanics is you can meet random people while stomping around the woods, and then communicate through a mic when you get close enough. I like that kind of spontaneous multiplayer.

Thoughts on Day Z ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332684#Comment_332684Mon, 28 May 2012 00:16:36 -0500VornaskottiA pal did a great write-up about Day Z, a couple of my pals have been playing the shit out of it lately.

when there is no more room in hell ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332721#Comment_332721Mon, 28 May 2012 16:55:51 -0500taphead
wrote about it some more. Said pal is also nowadays the lead writer on Alan Wake, which may make it more relevant to this thread, I guess.

DayZ is seriously the first game in years that makes me miss having a PC. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332774#Comment_332774Tue, 29 May 2012 09:35:17 -0500agentarsenicAmong The Sleep

Among the Sleep Official Site ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332782#Comment_332782Tue, 29 May 2012 11:21:21 -0500MagnulusThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332937#Comment_332937
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332937#Comment_332937Wed, 30 May 2012 22:22:56 -0500D.J.
I'm having flashbacks... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332939#Comment_332939Wed, 30 May 2012 22:42:24 -0500RenThingWhy do I have the feeling I'll be playing that whispering "Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit" and occasionally screaming "OHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT!"? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332941#Comment_332941Wed, 30 May 2012 22:54:14 -0500VornaskottiThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332993#Comment_332993
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=332993#Comment_332993Thu, 31 May 2012 14:36:31 -0500James Cunningham

I've got it downloaded (it's very early and free) but no time to play yet. The official web site is complete toast, but there's a mirror or two if you don't mind early software that crashes a lot, but is loaded with ideas. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333001#Comment_333001Thu, 31 May 2012 15:53:17 -0500agentarsenic
Humble Bundle Appears!Psychonauts!Bastion!Amnesia: The Dark Descent!Sword and Sworcery!LIMBO!+SOUNDTRACKS! (The Bastion Soundtrack is worth the price of admission alone)

I had most of the games already (besides Psychonauts, which I purchased from GOG years ago, and then my computer crashed and I forgot what my GOG login was), so I chipped in a few bucks.

It looks great, but I'm a little worried that, like Bioshock, I'll just end up loving the world more than the game.

Also hand-vision. Ugh. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333064#Comment_333064Fri, 01 Jun 2012 09:55:20 -0500agentarsenicThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333066#Comment_333066
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333066#Comment_333066Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:01:40 -0500phill_seaHave a level 57 Witch Doctor that I'm trundling pleasantly through hell on, a half forgotten monk that I started with the wife, but gave up on when she (s)witched over to WD as well. Now have a 20 Barbarian and some new tactics to try out, once I'm home.

But of course, a dozen new games, D3 strategies to try, and I've got a family birthday party all day tomorrow and tree planting all day Sunday. Q.Q ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333068#Comment_333068Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:14:25 -0500oldhatAnd apparently there's some outrage over the new "Attack of the Saints" Hitman: Absolution trailer that recently dropped.

I...eh. To be honest I have to agree with Tycho there. There is a certain "Grindhouse" thing they're trying to achieve with it and the sexy ends REALLY fast. Sucker Punch this is not. I also kind of feel like the people who got mad at this trailer have maybe never played any of the other Hitman games. This is a game world where 500lb butcher/cannibal/mob bosses have fetish parties in their slaughterhouse (if you remember that level, gold star). It's just...silly.

But really, the trailer that got me to decide on pre-ordering is this one, The "Introducing Agent 47" trailer:

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333072#Comment_333072Fri, 01 Jun 2012 10:57:23 -0500screaming meatI read about that very thing at kotaku.

Specifically:

The trailer is surprising, because, Hitman games have always been about challenging players to commit stealthy murder and are a shade more sedate—and less fetish oriented—than that trailer.

...and my first thought was of of The Meat King's party and the Heaven/Hell nightclub thingy from Blood Money. I can see why folk are a touch uncomfortable with the gratuitous violence against women; but as you rightly said, Hitman has for the last few iterations wallowed in black humour and sleazy, grindhouse styling.

As for the violence against women bit, look, I'm against violence against ANYONE in a game unless there's a point to it and it's part of the story/character. In all of the games Agent 47 has an objective and there are people in the way of him reaching that objective or people who possess something (uniform, key card etc.) that he requires to reach that objective. He gets rid of them and moves forward. Man or woman, I don't think it matters to him because it's about completing his job. Also should be pointed out that I don't think 47 has ever been seen as a role model or even a hero in the series.

If we have to find something to be annoyed about, I would say maybe the role of females in those games because, other than those nuns and a few main characters, I haven't seen many females in jobs other than waitress, nurse or stripper.

Yeah, it's a stupid title, the cheese-factor's up to 11, and I kinda wish there was still some stealth component (I mean, what's the point of being a cyborg ninja if you can't disappear?), but it still looks fun and it seems like there's going to be an attempt at a story (even if placing if after MGS4 seems kinda odd). ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333088#Comment_333088Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:43:45 -0500oldhatThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333089#Comment_333089
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333089#Comment_333089Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:49:18 -0500DavidLejeuneThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333094#Comment_333094
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333094#Comment_333094Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:45:40 -0500Jay KayThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333095#Comment_333095
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333095#Comment_333095Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:50:02 -0500agentarsenicI've heard lots of good things about Dragon's Dogma, but I've had the most RPGey fun with Witcher 2. Diablo 3 is good for what it is, a clickfest which results in pinata explosions of loot. Dark Souls is hard. So hard. Call me non-hardcore, but I gave up on the Gargoyle bosses after my 200th time trying to beat them. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333101#Comment_333101Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:38:00 -0500MagnulusHitman: I kind of saw it as a joke. That it's a sly nod to the tendency of wank-bank porn girls that kick ass, which has become such an annoying trend in both films and games. Transformers, Sucker Punch, Bayonetta, whatever. This kind of presents you with that and then breaks their noses in ultra close up shots.

Tomb Raider: I didn't mind the screams and emotion of the voice acting so much as the fact that she sounds downright American most of the time and then just seems to kind of remember that she's supposed to be British when she calms down a bit. It's not that her English accent is bad, it's that it's not THERE half the time. (This is where someone tells me the actress - whose name I didn't find on IMDB - is actually British, like when someone I know said Sharlto Copley had a completely terrible Afrikaans accent in District 9.) The gameplay seems solid, even if it is in trailer form. How well it plays remains to be seen, but it looks as if they've built the whole game around taking her out of her element as much as possible. Tied up, hanging off things, floating down streams, and she isn't even the Tomb Raider yet. I love that. I love games that dare to restrict you.

I always enjoyed the Tomb Raiders back in the day. They were the first games to give me a real kind of "I'm so good at this!" rush. I think it was TR3 where I was bounding along a path I hadn't seen before, blazing over all the obstacles, feeling like a fucking superhero. Since then, the Prince of Persia series kind of took over that, then God of War. This looks like it's changing tack slightly, which I like.

Dishonored: Looks quite cool, I have to say! Bethesda does have a track record of putting world above gameplay to some degree, so I'll be cautiously optimistic for now. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333104#Comment_333104Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:57:53 -0500D.J.The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333105#Comment_333105
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333105#Comment_333105Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:00:07 -0500J.BrennanSeriously, MGS has always mixed the ridiculous with the overly serious. IMO it's worked well, one of my favorite franchises so I'll definitely give it a shot. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333110#Comment_333110Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:51:09 -0500Jamie HeronThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333115#Comment_333115
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333115#Comment_333115Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:10:48 -0500oscillateurAlso, bought the indie bundle V for my mac, this one is really a no-brainer. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333116#Comment_333116Fri, 01 Jun 2012 19:26:23 -0500DavidLejeuneThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333119#Comment_333119
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333119#Comment_333119Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:55:44 -0500D.J.The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333123#Comment_333123
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333123#Comment_333123Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:01:52 -0500RenThingThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333128#Comment_333128
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333128#Comment_333128Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:17:01 -0500Flabyo@RenThing - three segments flashing red == dead. If you're still in warranty, ring MS and get it replaced. (four red segments just means the AV cable isn't plugged in properly, it's not the most useful of error systems...) Almost all the death issues are overheat related, which is why it's basically not happening anymore as the newer machines run on lower power and a lot cooler now. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333196#Comment_333196Sat, 02 Jun 2012 17:30:08 -0500D.J.
1-800-4MY-XBOX

If you're still within the three-year warranty, all you have to do is send them your broken unit and they'll either repair it or send you a new one within a week. I've done it probably 7 times. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333221#Comment_333221Sun, 03 Jun 2012 02:51:10 -0500FlabyoPlace 1: You've not actually got a lot to show yet because you're still sorting out how it plays. You might have one fairly representative section put together, so you spend a few weeks polishing just that bit for the show (see Tomb Raider or Bioshock Infinite last year)

Place 2: You're not that far off finished, but you're knee deep in the 'fix all the bugs!' phase so don't really have much time to stitch a demo together too. What you end up with for E3 is a series of sections you like that have been mostly bug fixed and you string them together (see Call of Duty and Gears of War from last year).

You're almost never in the position to say 'hey, games going through cert now anyway so we'll just take what we have now'.

Demo creation for E3 is also constrained by the venue you're going to be showing at. If you're part of one of the big press conferences then you'll probably either be doing a 2 minute videoclip, or a 5 minute live demo. Summing up how your game plays in just 5 minutes is damned hard, and very easy to make a mess of. It will also be all anyone remembers of your game from the show, no matter how strongly it actually demos down on the show floor (see 'Giant Enemy Crab' and so on...)

Most show floor demos run 10 to 15 minutes, and so have the chance to show more of the actual game. The Lollipop Chainsaw one I played last week is pretty much the same as the one I'll expect they'll run at E3. It had two sections from the final game (they're in place 2) you could pick, and each lasted around 10 minutes. Our E3 demo falls into this category too, and it's been hard work getting something we're all happy with. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333229#Comment_333229Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:35:50 -0500James CunninghamCurrently sitting in an airport waiting for the plane to E3. It was supposed to be 6AM and now it's going to be 9:30AM instead. An alarm just went off for no reason, and unconcerned people made it stop after a minute. If it wasn't for this airport somehow having free wi-fi I'd be crawling up the walls out of sheer boredom.

-edit- Eyeing walls for handholds. Wall-crawling not entirely ruled out. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333231#Comment_333231Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:56:03 -0500FlabyoMy part of the craziness is done. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333242#Comment_333242Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:54:16 -0500oldhatAnd it's just as well that I'm learning how to be sneaky again, because after my little rant on here, I've pre-ordered Hitman: Absolution and through the use of a really long ethernet cable, I managed to download my pre-order bonus of the Sniper Challenge. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333245#Comment_333245Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:47:08 -0500fleckyI've got so many old PS2 games, it's frightening. It's not really worth my while selling them, as you get peanuts for them nowadays. Maybe one day some of them may become collector's items, even though I doubt it. Anyway, there are a few I guess I'll keep because they were so good. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333255#Comment_333255Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:47:58 -0500andyconThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333260#Comment_333260
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333260#Comment_333260Sun, 03 Jun 2012 14:02:35 -0500Alan TysonThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333267#Comment_333267
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333267#Comment_333267Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:24:20 -0500MagnulusThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333269#Comment_333269
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333269#Comment_333269Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:32:49 -0500agentarsenicThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333273#Comment_333273
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333273#Comment_333273Sun, 03 Jun 2012 15:47:02 -0500flecky@Alan: I may just do as you suggest :) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333284#Comment_333284Sun, 03 Jun 2012 16:54:21 -0500DavidLejeune

While there are still obvious questions about how powerful the WiiU actually is and whether third party support is going to follow the same pattern as it did on Wii, the social Miiverse stuff looks like a pretty big game changer, especially if Nintendo gave up friend codes as a limitation to who you can communicate with (which it looks like maybe they have). ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333287#Comment_333287Sun, 03 Jun 2012 17:32:16 -0500oldhatThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333295#Comment_333295
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333295#Comment_333295Sun, 03 Jun 2012 18:44:39 -0500DonburiBoySome games I'm looking forward to:

Sleeping Dogs: Selfishly, because I did some ambient scriptwriting for it, and I'm curious to see if anything made it into the final game. I worked on it during the Activision phase, and not sure what, if anything changed when Square-Enix took over. But, it just looks awesome, and a lot of my friends at United Front Games worked their ass off on it, so I want it to do well for them.

Ni No Kuni: Because I love the idea of a Studio Ghibli-designed Pokemon/Final Fantasy mashup.

Assassin's Creed 3: Love the American Revolution setting to this one, and I love that the lead character is a bit ethnic, as opposed to generic tough white guy. Bonus diversity points to Ubisoft if the rumours of a Vita spin-off featuring a female assassin as a lead turn out to be true.

Looking forward to learning more this week. Was just thinking to myself that I'd probably buy myself a new system in the fall, so I'm hoping to hear what the Wii U can offer, otherwise I'll have to choose between PS Vita, 3DS , and 360. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333315#Comment_333315Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:56:20 -0500FlabyoAlso, maybe it's a British thing, but that bit with the guy killing zombies in the middle there made me cringe. Heh. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333316#Comment_333316Mon, 04 Jun 2012 01:31:03 -0500Morac/rant ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333318#Comment_333318Mon, 04 Jun 2012 02:14:38 -0500FlabyoThe next round of consoles will still be 'middling' compared to what the PC does, because they need to think of costs and price far more.

I suspect an extra year will be the difference between everyone looking at them and going 'meh, my PC can do that already' and 'actually, that's probably worth it'.

With the market as it is, shifts towards mobile and internet gaming and so on, releasing any console right now is far more of a gamble than it's been for some years now. It seems to me both Sony and Microsoft are waiting for the other to blink first... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333351#Comment_333351Mon, 04 Jun 2012 11:58:07 -0500Flabyo(There was a trailer for the game I'm working on, it is here) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333357#Comment_333357Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:43:29 -0500D.J.Will I be able to kinect-mimic farting into hookers faces to get them to have sex with me? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333362#Comment_333362Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:03:04 -0500InvincibleMAlso Earthworm Jim for the Game Gear because it was there and because I have a game gear for reasons I don't exactly understand.

Going for thirty games beaten in 2012. Currently at Fifteen. I can do it. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333396#Comment_333396Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:01:45 -0500fleckyThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333401#Comment_333401
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333401#Comment_333401Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:35:38 -0500Jamie Heron

If this actually works, in a non-scripted, open-world fashion, that would be pretty amazing, as long as I can find a PC to run the game ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333415#Comment_333415Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:54:33 -0500Jay KayAlso, the development team of Heavy Rain announced their new game:

Beyond ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333418#Comment_333418Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:23:42 -0500RenThingThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333420#Comment_333420
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333420#Comment_333420Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:32:48 -0500Jay KayAn interesting thing that was announced was Dead Space 3. Apparently in this game you're on an actual planet and you have the option of co-op with another character, a "ruthless soldier."

Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333430#Comment_333430Mon, 04 Jun 2012 23:42:22 -0500Vornaskotti
"This enemy player backed out of the middle of the match and sent me a voice message," Haniver says, remembering her worst experience. He said he hoped she would be raped and she and her family killed.

@Jay Kay - something bothers me about taking a horror game like Dead Space and introducing co-op play. It just becomes 'yet another shooter', the video looks to be nothing much beyond, say, Gears of War now. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333441#Comment_333441Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:04:14 -0500Ben KlumasterThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333446#Comment_333446
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333446#Comment_333446Tue, 05 Jun 2012 04:52:09 -0500DistractDeludeOn a completely different note, the PS3 game, Sorcery, is being advertised rather heavily over here in the UK. Am I the only person amazed that something with graphics that appear to be on the same level as those used in, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2, is being pushed this hard? Bearing in mind that LoK: SR2 came out over ten years ago (depressing, huh?) I'm beginning to question the future of console games if this is what Sony consider to be a worthwhile, 'exclusive'. Sure, it's using the, Playstation Move, but since when did motion sensor gimmickry become more important than the actual visuals? Games are, after all, still a heavily visual medium. If inserting the latest gimmick/platform/controller takes up enough of the production budget to affect the main budget for the visuals, is it worth it? Sure, I get to wave around a wand and be a part of the action. But, in a recession, do I want to waste my money on a game like this when I can just break out my PS2 and play an eleven year old game with a similar level of graphics, without having to contend with connection issues and glitches?

As someone who got ridiculously excited over the PS3's graphic capabilities before its launch was delayed the first time, the answer is, no. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333449#Comment_333449Tue, 05 Jun 2012 05:18:08 -0500FlabyoThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333450#Comment_333450
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333450#Comment_333450Tue, 05 Jun 2012 05:23:18 -0500DistractDeludeThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333451#Comment_333451
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333451#Comment_333451Tue, 05 Jun 2012 05:24:43 -0500FlabyoThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333479#Comment_333479
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333479#Comment_333479Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:12:22 -0500Jay KayIf I read it right, the idea is that if you don't do the co-op, then the other character just becomes a character that you only interact with in-and-out of the story like with the other games. One segment of the game did start looking like a standard "find cover and shoot" type thing, but luckily a large monster came in and ate Issac.

The only downside is, if you let your subscription run out, the games are locked. But for a yearly price of $60, this blows MSFT's XBL Gold out of the water. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333561#Comment_333561Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:55:54 -0500Jamie Heron
this article which mentions how American security firms helped set up CCTV systems that allowed (and still allow I think) security officers to control many different cameras all at once. If Watch Dogs actually manages to take advantage of the world that's being set up, I will be unbelievably happy, especially since it mirrors our own world in such an interesting way. I guess I'll need to wait and see however, untempered optimism is fun in the short term, but doesn't take me anywhere happy. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333589#Comment_333589Wed, 06 Jun 2012 07:48:37 -0500James CunninghamThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333597#Comment_333597
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333605#Comment_333605Wed, 06 Jun 2012 09:13:33 -0500andycon
Money, takes it all ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333621#Comment_333621Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:42:16 -0500Alan Tyson
this looks damn fun. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333627#Comment_333627Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:20:35 -0500ArgosI am excited for Tomb Raider because I've been a fanatic since I discovered Lara Croft when I was 10, and will buy any of the games even if they are crappy (:cough: angel of darkness :cough:) T___T it's kind of sad. It looks pretty, but I agree the voice acting could use some work. I'm a bit irked that they keep rebooting her backstory and almost wish they would just do away with the need for a backstory and just give us a good ol' game a la Tomb Raider 2 or TR 3, but ah well. In any case, it seems like it could be fun. I like games like TR and Uncharted where you can have fun just jumping around and grabbing onto things, climbing up and down and whatnot. It might not always be the most challenging or clever puzzle (if it even is a puzzle) but it's just plain fun for me. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333628#Comment_333628Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:31:22 -0500agentarsenic
You ever play Enslaved? That has some fun climbing bits. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333632#Comment_333632Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:43:20 -0500Argosedited to add: Huh, just checked it out. I think I may have seen Edgar play through the demo, but I can't quite recall for sure if it was that game or just one where the guy you play as looked similar. I didn't actually play that demo myself, though, so I'll go see if we still have it (or download it if it was in fact a different game than the one I'm thinking). ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333637#Comment_333637Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:12:45 -0500agentarsenicThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333641#Comment_333641
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333641#Comment_333641Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:18:40 -0500Frowardd
sigh. the things we do for the people we love, right? ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333765#Comment_333765Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:28:44 -0500screaming meatSorry for the delay... I got lost in Dublin! Thanks for the star, I laughed my arse off when I saw it.

I'm against violence against ANYONE in a game unless there's a point to it and it's part of the story/character.

That's a bloody good point!

If we have to find something to be annoyed about, I would say maybe the role of females in those games because, other than those nuns and a few main characters, I haven't seen many females in jobs other than waitress, nurse or stripper.

I dunno, Blood Money had a number of rather crafty female assassins that, if you weren't careful, one-hit killed you (The Playboy level, Mardi Gras level, Heaven/Hell Club again) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333768#Comment_333768Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:03:51 -0500chiaslutWhy Diablo 3 is less addictive than Diablo 2: a “scientific” explanation

On the surface, Diablo 3 would seem to follow the same basic structure: see monster on screen, kill monster, receive reward in the form of an item. However, for a number of reasons – many of them having to do with the introduction of an Auction House – the rewards are designed to be much more rare, and much less satisfying.

Yeah, it has some flaws (which game doesn't ?) but what it does well, it does very well. Apart from a couple of moments that were far too frustrating when playing in hard difficulty (the "races"). Anyway, very enjoyable game, great environments, great cutscenes and nice gameplay. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=333838#Comment_333838Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:09:08 -0500MagnulusEnslaved has a great deal going for it. Andy Serkis did a fantastic job on Monkey, the story is great fun and the design is fantastic. My only problem is that it often felt a bit on rails. It was a similar thing to King Kong when you were controlling Kong, where you so effortlessly take over the character that you start to doubt that it's possible to do a wrong step. It was a bit TOO forgiving in its controls for the climbing. The "painterly" installment of Prince of Persia strikes a fantastic balance in that respect where you can get to the level of mastery where you flow over the stages, but make one wrong move and you're off.

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334106#Comment_334106Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:54:07 -0500Flabyo
seem to have decided that we've become a morally and creatively bankrupt bunch of nutjobs who love nothing more than a bit of neck stabbing and rape. (thats just one article, there are many more)

In terms of how it went for us, all the press coverage has been pretty positive. But to people who comment on gaming articles (and especially on our facebook page) we're all evil conmen who should die in a fire. Sigh. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334120#Comment_334120Tue, 12 Jun 2012 06:07:30 -0500Vornaskotti
I've been playing the same game of Civilization II for almost 10 years. This is the result.

?The world is a hellish nightmare of suffering and devastation. There are 3 remaining super nations in the year 3991 A.D, each competing for the scant resources left on the planet after dozens of nuclear wars have rendered vast swaths of the world uninhabitable wastelands.

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334130#Comment_334130Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:20:36 -0500James Cunningham
my article on much the same thing. I didn't approach it from quite the same murder/rape/rudeness angle, because that was so ludicrously incorrect it didn't occur to me, but the post-E3 glut of negativity needed some kind of response. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334146#Comment_334146Tue, 12 Jun 2012 15:50:56 -0500D.J.The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334150#Comment_334150
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334150#Comment_334150Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:02:06 -0500agentarsenicI came to Dtoid after the Gamespot editor got sacked for giving one of their advertisers a low score. Dtoid has given game advertisers on their site the score their game deserves, including the 1-5 range.

DESTRUCTOID ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334171#Comment_334171Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:42:16 -0500ArgosThat second link Flabyo posted makes me think of going to the San Diego Comic-Con. If you spend your time trying to get into Hall H (the big hall where they preview all the big blockbusters with famous actors) and hanging around the most crowded part of the floor, you end up having a lousy time. But if you actually take the time to go check out the are where the independent comics creators and small scale publishers are, and going to the smaller panels (ie: anything not Hall H), then you actually end up connecting with a bunch of creative comics folks and having a great time. At least that was my experience the last time I went to SDCC in 2009 (I started going in 2003). Skip the giant booths and panels, have fun. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334173#Comment_334173
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334173#Comment_334173Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:10:07 -0500James CunninghamThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334294#Comment_334294
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334294#Comment_334294Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:56:30 -0500brittanicaI also picked up that Humble Bundle, mostly because I've never played Psychonauts (I know, I know...). Liking Bastion, too. And when they added the other 3 games... Well, I've never played Braid, either. Or Super Meat Boy.

I'm a terrible gamer.

Anyway, I have plenty to play now, w/ the Bundle, Lollipop Chainsaw, Minecraft, and I really want to get back into Skyrim, what w/ the expansion on its way. I've... never completed the main story in Skyrim. Again, see above. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334301#Comment_334301Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:23:04 -0500FrowarddThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334363#Comment_334363
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334363#Comment_334363Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:03:33 -0500Corey Waits
Dead State kickstarter has launched and is doing rather well. Info and videos at the link.

Don't dismiss it for being 'just another zombie game' - it really sounds like the game is going to be more like The Walking Dead: The RPG than the usual zombie-slaughtering headshotfests that the games industry has been pumping out for the past few years. Basically it's as much about shelter politics as it is about combat, and even then combat is as much about fighting human scavengers as it is about battling zombies.

Turn-based combat reminiscent of the original Fallouts because you have only indirect control over your allies. Game is written and designed by Brian Mitsoda who did a lot of the writing for Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines, which is generally considered to have some of the best writing in any game ever.

Before Wasteland 2's kickstarter Dead State was the only game on my radar carrying the turn-based, non-fantasy RPG torch, so I'm super excited to see this get funding so the team can work on it full-time.

Also, concerning the topic at hand: The only website I bother to read concerning games is Rock, Paper, Shotgun. It's PC only, so YMMV, but they also cover cross-platform games. When I did game on console I also read Australian Kotaku (which was quite good, especially when compared to the atrocious US site) and Giant Bomb - though Giant Bomb post a lot of videos, and I prefer to read about games than watch about them. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334381#Comment_334381
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334381#Comment_334381Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:16:08 -0500James CunninghamYou should also peek at Hardcore Gamer now and then, because my ego demands it. I just posted my big post-E3 pictorial, which was a lot of fun to do. :) ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334423#Comment_334423
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334423#Comment_334423Sat, 16 Jun 2012 12:26:37 -0500Morac
Gamasutra, and the Penny-Arcade Report, though admittedly my focus is biased towards being a game maker more than a game consumer. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334639#Comment_334639Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:09:14 -0500Morac
you, in the shirt) can obtain and play on a computron of your chosing, should you so choose.

We're looking at getting it on Desura at some point in the near future, but for now you can just obtain it for FREE! at the above link. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334640#Comment_334640Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:22:05 -0500Alan TysonThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334641#Comment_334641
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334641#Comment_334641Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:58:43 -0500MoracIn the interim, here's what the links should be:

Of course it's mostly just a skin over the model, but if the snarky lines are included that could be amusing. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334693#Comment_334693Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:19:44 -0500chiaslutEdit: Make that, I'll have time to start playing the Humble Bundle games right after I play Morac's! ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334701#Comment_334701Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:17:02 -0500Morac
greatly appreciated. This is our first game released as a company, so we have little to no market penetration. Reblogs, tweets, facebookening, slipping money to giant gaming magazines... anything you guys can do to help out would be amazing.

Also, side note: as I say, this is the first game we have made, so don't feel shy to tell me it's terrible! I need to know these things so I can be better next time. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334709#Comment_334709Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:29:46 -0500chiaslut
It looks great and the controls were smooth. I saw a few weird lighting issues, but nothing major in the time I played.

I was really enjoying myself when I suddenly started getting motion sickness. Ugh. Nothing like breaking into a sweat and feeling queasy for no obvious reason. The only other game that's done that to me was the part in HalfLife 2 where you're in the boat. Just like then, it took a while to even notice, then a while longer to figure out the source. I'm kind of dense I guess. I will definitely give it another shot in windowed mode to see if that's safe once I give my stomach some time to stop trying to reverse engines. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334717#Comment_334717Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:16:12 -0500MoracEDIT: Public service announcement time: I've had a report of the Mac version not working in a pre-Lion environment, and would deeply appreciate some feedback from the Mac-sicles amongst you on whether or not this actually runs. (I don't personally own a Mac, so the Mac version is entirely "push the build-for-Mac button and hope it works".) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334839#Comment_334839Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:09:46 -0500James CunninghamI may be a while on this one... ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334945#Comment_334945Sun, 24 Jun 2012 02:39:06 -0500PhilipThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334970#Comment_334970
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334970#Comment_334970Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:23:34 -0500Morac
Windows and Mac), as well as the IndieDB page.

We also have twitter and facebook pages for more up to date, err... updates.

There has been a little bit of embloggination going on - we got linked at FreeIndieGame.es, which is a blog run by the guy that made VVVVVV. Also, apparently some Russian sites have taken it upon themselves to to mirror Red Chasm (awfully kind of them). At this point, I think I've gotten more feedback in Russian than I have in English.

Of course, we would still really appreciate reblogs and general publicity - our success later down the line will be directly influenced by how well Red Chasm does. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=334978#Comment_334978Sun, 24 Jun 2012 15:17:23 -0500James Cunningham
blog post for the specifics. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335010#Comment_335010
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335010#Comment_335010Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:02:30 -0500RenThing
Artemis but my friends and I played it several times this weekend and it's pretty awesome. The graphics, as you can see, are pretty simplistic (reminded me of some space sims I had on my 386 back in the days of yore), but the role-play aspect of it, especially if you really try to do the full set-up, is a lot of fun. We only had five people so we doubled up Coms and Science stations for one person, which is good because in the quick-generated throw-away missions there's fuck-all for Coms to do (one of my friends who was with us works at Cryptic Studios and they have two rooms dedicated as "bridges" right now and he says that Coms gets more advanced with larger-scale, multi-ship, fleet-based missions). If you've ever wanted to have that sci-fi, bridge-crew experience, Artemis is awesome. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335087#Comment_335087Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:09:33 -0500tedcrolandThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335118#Comment_335118
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335118#Comment_335118Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:52:31 -0500D.J.I usually tend to hop on when TF2 gets big updates like this, though I very much miss the days when the item list was more stream-lined and balanced instead of being convoluted enough to literally have more damage effects than Diablo. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335119#Comment_335119Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:35:02 -0500Flabyo
I hear they've added an amusing 'take a fourth option' to it which has annoyed some of my friends who hated the original endings even more than the original endings did... which I didn't think was possible. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335124#Comment_335124Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:33:46 -0500InvincibleMI reject it in favour of Synthesis, though. With the new extended ending, Synthesis strikes me as the biggest "YOU WIN!!" out of all the endings. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335185#Comment_335185
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335185#Comment_335185Wed, 27 Jun 2012 03:37:28 -0500Vornaskotti
Own Up Or Change – 14 Misguided Defenses For Misogyny In Games ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335206#Comment_335206Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:46:00 -0500MoracMeet the Pyro

(Sheesh, stay classy Tecmo...) ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335218#Comment_335218Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:02:04 -0500DavidLejeune
this. Kind of a big deal. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335467#Comment_335467
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335467#Comment_335467Sat, 30 Jun 2012 11:00:00 -0500VornaskottiSimCity Social is an insult to its namesake ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335468#Comment_335468
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335468#Comment_335468Sat, 30 Jun 2012 12:54:50 -0500RenThingAnyone else feel the ending was a bit...meh? And as far as ending cinematics for a Blizz game I have to say I think these were the weakest.

Also

is it just my food-starved brain or did we not kill Adria? What do you think, expansion bait?

Anyway, I doubt I'll be playing it any more except to finish it with my wife with the characters we're playing together. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335473#Comment_335473Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:37:13 -0500MoracI've always felt that the story is the weakest part of the Diablo series, and it isn't really the reason I play the game. Diablo does atmosphere really well, as well as engaging gameplay, but the story is there mostly to provide context rather than emotional satisfaction.

I also fully expect a fifth act expansion/DLC at some point. Adria and the Black Soulstone are the most visible of the hanging threads, but I also wouldn't be surprised to see the Jeweler's gem crop up as well. Diablo 3 does seem to be cribbing off of Diablo 2's format a fair bit, so I'd hazard a guess that there'll also be two more classes and some new crafting mechanic. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335475#Comment_335475Sat, 30 Jun 2012 14:59:27 -0500J.Brennan

Adria escaped through a portal after the ritual. Definitely thinking that's expansion-bait. Also, after all the little hints and the animated short Wrath, I thought Imperius would ending up being a boss fight. Maybe more expansion bait.

If you haven't seen Wrath:

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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335476#Comment_335476Sat, 30 Jun 2012 15:23:36 -0500Morac
Good point. Imperious did kind of take a dive in the final moments - I was fully expecting to have to fight him before fighting Diablo ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335485#Comment_335485Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:43:42 -0500Birds_Use_Stars
strange world ;)

Incidentally, I fancy myself a bit of a music person and sound designer. Can I link you to my demo reels in case you guys are looking to go further with sound in this or a future game? I'm aiming to get some indie game experience, not money. ]]>
The Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335490#Comment_335490
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335490#Comment_335490Sat, 30 Jun 2012 21:15:05 -0500MoracRE Working on Mac: Yay! It looks like it was an isolated issue that raised that flag.

RE No quit button: Uhhh.... oops. I'll look in to patching that (likely a cross-pollination issue with the web version, where a quit button doesn't make sense).

EDIT: Okay, his comments to Wil Wheaton after the fact were definitely grounds for sacking his ass and letting him out to grow up a bit. In his follow-up stuff he kind of proved that he was indeed a dickbag, not someone fundamentally decent that just happened to blurt out something stupid in a moment of a brainfart.

EDIT2: Okay, premature commentation here, I delved more into the issue and looks like he's one of those guys who confuse "opinionated" with "obnoxious". Also, I doubt he'll be working as a PR specialist again any time soon :P http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ryan-perez/23/915/963 ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335512#Comment_335512Sun, 01 Jul 2012 06:28:29 -0500andyconI think Dave Jaffe hit it on the head, dude was an ass but internet white knights, godDAMN ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335531#Comment_335531Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:47:26 -0500FlabyoWe're going to see more and more people falling foul of things they've said on twitter in the coming year. I don't think everyone using it quite grasps just how amazingly public anything you say on it can be.

Also, July! When I can think of something worth starting a new thread off with I'll kick off the July to September thread. ]]>
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=335534#Comment_335534Sun, 01 Jul 2012 11:55:48 -0500MoracThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=341735#Comment_341735
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=341735#Comment_341735Fri, 05 Oct 2012 19:40:07 -0500government spyThe Videogame Thread (April to June 2012)http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=341767#Comment_341767
http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10587&Focus=341767#Comment_341767Sat, 06 Oct 2012 10:37:04 -0500RenThing